News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
The Green Energy Committee (GEC) is sponsoring the Lincoln Energy Challenge to help residents reduce their home energy consumption, increase rooftop solar and community solar farms, and sign up for renewable sources of electricity, particularly solar and wind. The first stop on the way to saving money and energy is a no-cost home energy assessment tailored specifically…
A new Lincoln collaborative called People for Pollinators is sponsoring three events to advance its mission to promote, protect and create native habitat that supports the vitality of pollinators in the face of bee colony collapse. People for Pollinators had its roots at an April 2015 symposium on pollinators in crisis with bee researcher Noah Wilson-Rich. The event sparked…
Disneynature’s ‘Wings of Life’ to be shown The Lincoln Land Conservation Trust presents a family-friendly movie matinee, Disneynature’s Wings of Life, on Wednesday, April 27 at 3:45 p.m. at the Lincoln Public Library. The movie utilizes riveting high-speed, time lapse and macro filmmaking techniques to showcase in spectacular detail the unsung heroes of our planet: butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, bats and…
Editor’s note: The Boston Globe ran a story on March 11 on the following issue. To the editor: So what does the Massachusetts Pollinator Protection Plan change for the better? Well, nothing really. It’s 14 pages of carefully crafted waffle to avoid mentioning the crux of the problem: “neonicitinoid” insecticides. There are so many independent…
The Lincoln Land Conservation Trust announces several events this spring offer educational encounters with local animals and plants. Peer into a Pool: Vernal Pool Exploration with Matt Burne Sunday, April 3 at 1 p.m. — meet and park at the far end of the parking lot beyond Donelan’s. Matt Burne, a herpetologist and conservation director for…
By Alice Waugh There will be fewer crumpled paper cups in the Lincoln School’s future after one of the water bubblers is be replaced by a “hydration station,” thanks to a Town Meeting citizen’s petition by a group of eighth-graders. Laura Appleby, Hannah Hwang, Keith Hylton, Roshan Kharbanda, Tara O’Malley, Simon Perry and Zach Tam…
By Alice Waugh Thanks to a vote at the March 19 Town Meeting, Lincoln will buy a new piece of conservation land that could be used as part of a “land swap” with the state to allow a solar array to be built on the capped landfill. Voters approved spending $225,000 on a three-acre portion of the…
The Lincoln Squirrel will publish more stories about the March 19 Town Meting in coming days. Meanwhile, here are a few other warrant articles that were discussed. Ballot questions There will be two questions on the March 28 town election ballot that were also discussed at Town Meeting: A request for $320,000 for the Department of…
Middle schoolers perform “Music Man Jr.” Come see “Music Man Jr.,” based on the classic Broadway show and 1962 movie, in the Donaldson auditorium on Wednesday, March 16 at 3 p.m., and Thursday and Friday, March 17 and 18 at 7 p.m. The story follows the escapades of of a fast-talking salesman who masquerades as a traveling band…
The Green Energy Committee (GEC) and the town of Lincoln are sponsoring the Lincoln Energy Challenge, a new residential initiative to help reduce overall energy use and save money on energy costs. The ultimate goal is to decrease Lincoln’s residential energy use 10 percent by 2020. Thanks to government incentives and advances in technology, many…